2019-11-13 Wed

The Kashmiri Gate is one of the northern gates in the city walls of what is now known as Old Delhi, originally the city of Shahjahanabad founded by Mughal Emperor Shahjahan. The gate was so named because it faced north, towards the road to Kashmir.

The Gate was located close to river Yamuna and the region around it became a site of recreational gardens. Qudsia Begum, the mother of Emperor Ahmed Shah, built Qudsia Bagh, a charbagh Mughal garden outside Kashmiri Gate, and Dara Shukoh, the eldest son of Emperor Shah Jahan, built his palace just inside the Kashmiri Gate.

After East India Company captured Delhi from Marathas in 1803, they gradually set up their residential estate in the Kashmiri Gate area. The gate next gained national attention during the Mutiny of 1857. The British had used the gate to prevent the mutineers from entering the city. It also suffered extensive damage and was left in its ruined state as a symbol of the Mutiny.

To commemorate this magnificent gate India Postal Department has issued a 5 Rupee postage stamps on 19th October 2019.

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